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I'm surprised that Netflix is still so tightly coupled to AWS, since companies the size of Netflix can actually reap the economies of scale of running their own
by dreamux 16y ago
I'm surprised that Netflix is still so tightly coupled to AWS, since companies the size of Netflix can actually reap the economies of scale of running their own infrastructure (AWS makes most sense for smaller operations). However, I wouldn't be worried about AMZ sabotaging Netflix's service; it would do massive and irreparable harm to AWS from a competitive and legal standpoint.
- jwhitlark 16y agoYou're right; Amazon wouldn't damage their rep as a cloud provider by playing dirty tricks, even without the threat of legal action. To your first point, Amazon knows as much about running massive scale systems as anybody. I think Netflix would have a hard time capturing those economies of scale. The fact that Amazon's VOD works on Linux, is the most personally compelling feature. I don't know how many other people are interested, but that's enough for me to look closely at it.